Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan filed a motion to dismiss the federal charges against her Wednesday saying she is immune from prosecution and cited federal overreach by prosecutors.
On Tuesday, a federal grand jury indicted Dugan for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant escape U.S. authorities. Dugan is accused of aiding Eduardo Flores-Ruiz by leading him to a separate exit in the courtroom that was away from immigration officers. In April, Dugan was arrested and charged with obstructing a federal agency and concealing a person wanted for arrest. Flores-Ruiz had been charged with multiple violent crimes including strangulation and suffocation, battery, and domestic abuse.
Dugan’s motion cites the recent Supreme Court decision Trump v. United States saying she is immune from prosecution because she was operating in her official duties as a judge. Dugan’s attorneys said the charges should be dismissed because “this is no ordinary criminal case” and Dugan is “no ordinary criminal defendant.”
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